2015–16 Middlesbrough F.C. season

Middlesbrough
2015–16 season
Chairman Steve Gibson
Manager Aitor Karanka
Stadium Riverside Stadium
Football League Championship 2nd
FA Cup Third Round
League Cup Quarter-Finals
Home colours
Away colours

The 2015–16 season was Middlesbrough's seventh consecutive season in the Football League Championship in their 140th year in existence.[1] Along with the Championship, the club also competed in the FA Cup and Football League Cup. The season covers the period from 1 July 2015 to 30 June 2016.

Statistics

Appearances and goals

Last updated 12 July 2016[2]
"+" constitutes substitute appearances
No. Pos Nat Player TotalChampionship FA Cup League Cup
Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals Apps Goals
1 GK Greece Dimitrios Konstantopoulos 48 0 46 0 0 0 2 0
3 DF England George Friend 45 1 39+1 1 1 0 3+1 0
4 DF Spain Daniel Ayala 39 3 34+1 3 1 0 3 0
5 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet (on loan from Leicester City) 10 0 9+1 0 0 0 0 0
6 DF England Ben Gibson 36 1 32+1 1 0 0 3 0
7 MF England Grant Leadbitter 46 4 39+2 4 0 0 4+1 0
8 MF England Adam Clayton 48 1 41+2 1 1 0 2+2 0
9 FW Scotland Jordan Rhodes 18 6 13+5 6 0 0 0 0
10 MF Uruguay Carlos De Pena 10 0 3+3 0 1 0 3 0
13 GK Spain Tomás Mejías 6 0 0 0 1 0 5 0
16 DF Belgium Julien De Sart 2 0 0+2 0 0 0 0 0
17 DF England James Husband 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW Uruguay Cristhian Stuani 40 11 20+16 7 0+1 0 3 4
19 MF England Stewart Downing 49 3 40+5 3 0 0 2+2 0
20 MF England Adam Reach 6 1 3+1 1 0 0 1+1 0
21 MF Uruguay Gastón Ramírez 18 7 15+3 7 0 0 0 0
22 DF England Dael Fry 8 0 7 0 0 0 0+1 0
23 FW Spain Kike Sola (on loan from Athletic Bilbao) 2 0 1+1 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue 46 3 37+3 3 0+1 0 4+1 0
26 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas (on loan from Chelsea) 30 0 19+7 0 1 0 3 0
27 MF Ghana Albert Adomah 47 8 36+7 6 1 0 2+1 2
34 MF England Adam Forshaw 34 2 9+20 2 1 0 3+1 0
35 MF England David Nugent 40 8 24+14 8 1 0 0+1 0
39 DF England Jonathan Woodgate 1 0 0 0 0 0 1 0
Players who appeared for Middlesbrough but left during the season:
9 FW Spain Kike 24 4 10+9 4 0+1 0 4 0
16 DF England Jack Stephens 5 0 0+1 0 0 0 3+1 0
29 MF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta (on loan from Fulham) 16 0 11+2 0 1 0 2 0
30 MF Netherlands Yanic Wildschut 2 1 1 0 0 0 1 1
31 MF Italy Diego Fabbrini 26 6 14+8 4 1 1 2+1 1
36 MF Argentina Bruno Zuculini (on loan from Manchester City) 6 0 3+2 0 0 0 0+1 0

Top scorers

Last updated 12 July 2016
Rank Pos. No. Name Championship FA Cup League Cup Total
1 FW 18 Uruguay Cristhian Stuani 70411
2= MF 27 Ghana Albert Adomah 6028
2= FW 35 England David Nugent 8008
4 MF 21 Uruguay Gastón Ramírez 7007
5= MF 31 Italy Diego Fabbrini 4116
5= FW 9 Scotland Jordan Rhodes 6006
7= FW 9 Spain Kike 4004
7= MF 7 England Grant Leadbitter 4004
9= DF 4 Spain Daniel Ayala 3003
9= MF 17 England Stewart Downing 3003
9= DF 24 Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue 3003
12 MF 34 England Adam Forshaw 2000
13= MF 8 England Adam Clayton 1001
13= DF 3 England George Friend 1001
13= DF 6 England Ben Gibson 1001
13= MF 20 England Adam Reach 1001
13= MF 30 Netherlands Yanic Wildschut 0011

Disciplinary record

Number Nation Position Name Total Championship FA Cup League Cup
Red card Red card Red card Red card
8 MF England Adam Clayton 13 0 13 0 0 0 0 0
7 MF England Grant Leadbitter 12 0 11 0 0 0 1 0
4 DF Spain Daniel Ayala 6 0 6 0 0 0 0 0
29 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta 6 0 5 0 0 0 1 0
27 MF Ghana Albert Adomah 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
18 FW England Cristhian Stuani 5 0 4 0 0 0 1 0
6 DF England Ben Gibson 4 1 4 1 0 0 0 0
3 DF England George Friend 4 0 2 0 1 0 1 0
31 MF Italy Diego Fabbrini 4 0 4 0 0 0 0 0
35 FW England David Nugent 3 1 3 1 0 0 0 0
10 MF Uruguay Carlos De Pena 3 0 3 0 0 0 0 0
24 MF Equatorial Guinea Emilio Nsue 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
19 FW England Stewart Downing 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
26 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Spain Kike 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
23 FW Spain Kike Sola 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
34 MF England Adam Forshaw 1 0 0 0 1 0 0 0
21 MF Uruguay Gastón Ramírez 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0
9 FW Scotland Jordan Rhodes 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 0

Transfers

Transfers In

Date from Position Nationality Name From Fee Ref.
6 July 2015 DF England Alex Baptiste Bolton Wanderers Free Transfer [3][4]
16 July 2015 MF England Stewart Downing West Ham United £5,500,000 [5][6]
7 August 2015 FW Uruguay Cristhian Stuani Espanyol £3,600,000 [7][8]
14 August 2015 FW England David Nugent Leicester City £4,000,000 [9][10]
1 September 2015 MF Uruguay Carlos de Pena Nacional £3,000,000
1 February 2016 FW Scotland Jordan Rhodes Blackburn Rovers Undisclosed
1 February 2016 MF Belgium Julien De Sart Standard Liège Undisclosed

Total spending: Decrease £25,175,000

Transfers Out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Fee Ref.
1 July 2015 DF England David Atkinson Carlisle United Free transfer [11]
1 July 2015 MF Northern Ireland Ryan Brobbel Whitby Town Released [12]
1 July 2015 DF England Seb Hines Orlando City Released [12]
1 July 2015 MF Argentina Emmanuel Ledesma Rotherham United [lower-alpha 1] Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 MF England James Warnett Free Agent Released [12]
1 July 2015 DF Scotland Kieron Weledji Whitby Town Free transfer [12]
1 July 2015 MF England Dean Whitehead Huddersfield Town [lower-alpha 2] Free transfer [12]
2 July 2015 FW England Luke Williams Scunthorpe United Undisclosed [15]
4 August 2015 MF England Lee Tomlin AFC Bournemouth £3,000,000 [16][17]
2 February 2016 FW Spain Kike Eibar Undisclosed
  1. Following Ledesma's release he joined Rotherham United.[13]
  2. Following Whitehead's release he joined Huddersfield Town.[14]

Total incoming: Increase £3,000,000

Loans in

Date from Position Nationality Name From Until Ref.
17 July 2015 DF Czech Republic Tomáš Kalas Chelsea End of season [18]
27 July 2015 MF Italy Diego Fabbrini Watford End of season [19]
31 July 2015 DF England Jack Stephens Southampton End of season [20]
28 August 2015 DF Venezuela Fernando Amorebieta Fulham End of season [21]
29 August 2015 GK Italy Michael Agazzi Milan End of season
26 October 2015 MF Argentina Bruno Zuculini Manchester City 26 November 2015 [22]
15 January 2016 FW Spain Kike Sola Athletic Bilbao End of season
26 January 2016 MF Uruguay Gastón Ramírez Southampton End of season
1 February 2016 DF Belgium Ritchie De Laet Leicester City End of season [23]

Loans out

Date from Position Nationality Name To Until Ref.
31 July 2015 GK England Connor Ripley Motherwell 4 January 2016 [24]
3 August 2015 DF England Jonathan Burn Oldham Athletic 4 January 2016 [25]
6 August 2015 MF England Bryn Morris Coventry City End of season [26]
27 August 2015 MF The Gambia Mustapha Carayol Huddersfield Town End of season [27]
28 August 2015 DF England James Husband Fulham 26 September 2015 [21]
10 September 2015 DF England Brad Halliday Hartlepool United 8 October 2015 [28]
14 September 2015 DF England Adam Jackson Coventry City 12 October 2015 [29]
26 September 2015 MF England Adam Reach Preston North End 28 December 2015 [30]

Competitions

Pre-season friendlies

On 8 June 2015, Middlesbrough announced two friendlies against York City and Doncaster Rovers.[31] A trip to Barnsley on 29 July 2015 was later announced on 15 June 2015.[32] On 8 July 2015, Boro announced Spanish side Getafe will visit a week prior to the opening game of the season.[33]

Championship

League table

Pos Team Pld W D L GF GA GD Pts Promotion, qualification or relegation
1 Burnley (C, P) 46 26 15 5 72 35 +37 93 Promotion to the Premier League
2 Middlesbrough (P) 46 26 11 9 63 31 +32 89
3 Brighton & Hove Albion 46 24 17 5 72 42 +30 89 Qualification for Championship play-offs[lower-alpha 1]
4 Hull City (O, P) 46 24 11 11 69 35 +34 83
5 Derby County 46 21 15 10 66 43 +23 78
Updated to match(es) played on 7 May 2016. Source: BBC Sport
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Goal difference; 3) Number of goals scored
(C) Champion; (O) Play-off winner; (P) Promoted.
Notes:
  1. Four teams play for one spot and promotion to the Premier League.

League results summary

OverallHomeAway
PldWDLGFGAGDPtsWDLGFGAGDWDLGFGAGD
46 26 11 9 63 31  +32 89 16 5 2 34 8  +26 10 6 7 29 23  +6

Last updated: 7 May 2016.
Source: Football League

Matches

  Win   Draw   Loss   Upcoming fixture

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Result D W D L W W W W W L D L W W W L W W W D W W W W W L L D D D W W L W L L W W W W W W D D D D
Position 16 2 4 8 6 3 2 2 2 2 3 6 4 4 4 4 3 2 1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 2 1 2 3 3 3 1 2 2 2 2 2 2 1 1 1 2 1 2

On 17 June 2015, the fixtures for the forthcoming season were announced.[34]

League Cup

On 16 June 2015, the first round draw was made, Middlesbrough were drawn away against Oldham Athletic.[35] In the second round, Middlesbrough were drawn away to Burton Albion.[36] The third round draw was made on 25 August 2015 live on Sky Sports by Charlie Nicholas and Phil Thompson. Middlesbrough were drawn at home to Wolverhampton Wanderers.[37]

FA Cup

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  14. "Dean Whitehead: Experienced midfielder joins Huddersfield Town". BBC Sport. 23 June 2015.
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  19. "Confirmed: Italian Midfielder Diego Fabbrini Completes Season Long Loan Move From Watford". Middlesbrough FC. 27 July 2015.
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